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SYLVESTER LAND
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1943 – March 16, 1967
Service recordSylvester Land, of Roselle, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 93
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Roselle, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 93
- WILLIAM CHARLES LAMON JRLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT STANLEY LISZCZSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- PEARL WAYNE MYERSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
From Roselle
- HERMAN LUDWIG KNAPPColonel · April 24, 1967
- PAUL E LATOURETTESergeant · October 20, 1967
- LESLIE JAMES FROLICHPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- MICHAEL STEVEN KRAVCHAKPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- HAYDN EVANSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS DUGANCaptain · March 20, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.